Improvement in lanterns



HBEEBE.

Lanterns.

Patented Jan. 7, 1873.

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PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY BEEBE, OF JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN LANTERNS'.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 134,631, dated January7, 1,873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BEEBE, of J ersey City Heights, in the countyof Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Lamps and Lanterns; and I hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in whichdrawing Figure 1 is a vertical section of my invention; and Fig. 2 is atop view of the apparatus in horizontal section, the section beingindicated by a: w in Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to lamps and lanterns; and consists in adeflector arranged over the usual perforated top plate and perforatedcap of the burner in such a manner as to direct a continuous current ofair within the cap toward the burner, and divide such current of airfrom the air that passes up through the top plate and enters theperforated cap from its exterior. l

The letter A designates the body of a lamp,

and 13 its burner, which is secured in the middie of a perforatedhorizontal plate, 0, provided at its perimeter with a perforatedcurtain, D, which extends downward, and, when the bodyis screwed intothe top of the lamp, rests at its lower edge on the outer margin of thelamp along the line E. The horizontal plate 0 is also provided at itsperimeter with a rising flange, F, whose top is bent inward at twooppositeparts to form inside lugs G that engage peripherical lugs H,formed on the bottom rim of the globe I, so as to connect the globe withthe lamp. The perforated top plate 0 is covered over next to theperforated burner-cap J by a solid ring, K, arranged in such a manner asto deflect the air which comes up through the plateO against the bottomof the deflector inward in a direction so that it will enter within theperforated cap near its bottom, to form a steady, continuous, andconnected sheet or current of air upward, around, and against theburner. The air ascends through the perforations of the burner-cap andover the edge of said cap, so that it reaches the flame both inside theburner-eap under the deflector, and also outside over the deflector. Abail, Q, is attached to the cover by means of a strap, whose ends gointo a slot in the cupola or coder, and are bent on the under side, asrepresented in the drawing; but this I do notclaim.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The deflecting-plate K, arranged about the burner-cap J, incombination with the perforated plate (3, substantially as described.

2. The perforated plate 0 provided with the rising and inwardly-bentflange G to receive the globe I and with the perforated curtain D forsupporting the whole upon the lamp, as shown, in combination with thesolid deflectin g-plate K surrounding the perforated burner J, the wholearranged and operating substantially as described. i

HENRY BEEBE. Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

